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Pink Straw Foxglove
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Posted by
lois PA Zone 6 (
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Sat, Jun 2, 12 at 22:59
| I wintersowed seeds from my yellow straw foxglove, and today got a big surprise today when I saw the flowers; they are pink!
Everything about the plant (leaves, appearance, flower size) looks like straw foxglove, except the color. I assume a bee helped cross pollinate my yellow straw foxglove with a pink foxglove elsewhere in the garden.
If it wasn't for wintersowing, I would never have collected the seeds last year and would have missing seeing this cool new plant. Thanks, wintersowing!
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RE: Pink Straw Foxglove
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| So pretty!Foxgloves are such outstanding plants. This beauty is from seed sown this WS season? I sowed straw foxgloves for the first time this year and mine are tiny seedlings still! Granted, I left them in the jug too long and only planted out a week ago. |
RE: Pink Straw Foxglove
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| I thought foxglove was biennial? |
RE: Pink Straw Foxglove
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RE: Pink Straw Foxglove
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- Posted by lois PA Zone 6 (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 3, 12 at 8:18
| I actually can't remember when I wintersowed these seeds; it was probably last year and this is probably their second spring. I don't know if this plant is biannual or perennial. The straw foxglove is a perennial so I have my fingers crossed that my hybrid will be perennial too. |
RE: Pink Straw Foxglove
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| Congratulations! It's very pretty! |
RE: Pink Straw Foxglove
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| Very pretty color. Do you think your plant got cross-pollinated with some pink foxglove? Some Digitalis is biennial, some is more perennial. I've found that even the biennial foxglove can be coaxed for a 3rd year if you deadhead. The plant seems to exhaust itself if it puts all its energy into producing seed. |
RE: Pink Straw Foxglove
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| Very, very pretty. Your flowers seem alot larger than those of my Digitalis lutea, though. I wonder if it's just the angle of the photo? |
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